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Season’s Greetings from The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Metropolitan Chicago Chapter!

Season’s Greetings from The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Metropolitan Chicago Chapter!

The Metropolitan Chicago Chapter has again placed the annual Freedom From Religion Foundation-sponsored Winter Solstice exhibits throughout the Chicago area to ensure the secular viewpoint is represented during this festive time of year. They are also designed to counter religious imagery appearing on government property. Featured above in Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza is the Bill […]

By December 21, 2023 0 Comments Read More →
Once Again, We Must Challenge Religious Proselytizing on Secular Government Property

Once Again, We Must Challenge Religious Proselytizing on Secular Government Property

By: Tom Cara, Associate Executive Director, FFRFMCC The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Metropolitan Chicago Chapter, for over 10 years now, has been tasked with reminding religious groups that its blatant and unwanted proselytizing is NOT something that should be done on secular taxpayer property. The founding fathers of this country went to great […]

By April 13, 2023 0 Comments Read More →
The So-Called “Need” for Religion in a Time of Crisis has Reached a Whole New Level of Absurdity

The So-Called “Need” for Religion in a Time of Crisis has Reached a Whole New Level of Absurdity

By: Tom Cara, Associate Executive Director, FFRFMCC “God has a plan for everything…” This is the “go-to” phrase for many people of religious faith when they cannot explain why their revered deity would allow for so much pain and suffering in our natural world.  And that this deity, as some believe, is also the true […]

By April 1, 2023 0 Comments Read More →
“Christian Nationalism and the Supreme Court”

“Christian Nationalism and the Supreme Court”

A Presentation by FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor The Metropolitan Chicago Chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation is extremely pleased to announce it will be hosting a speaking engagement by FFRF Co-President, Annie Laurie Gaylor. As co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Annie Laurie Gaylor helped launch the organization with her mother, Anne […]

By September 27, 2022 0 Comments Read More →
FFRF’s “State/Religion Separation” Display Returns to Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza!

FFRF’s “State/Religion Separation” Display Returns to Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza!

After a three year absence, the FFRFMCC has once again erected FFRF’s counter protest to a Catholic shrine, which has been disrespecting our constitutional principle of the separation between state and church with its proselytizing messages on secular taxpayer property. The religious display has been placed at Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza for several years during […]

By April 3, 2021 0 Comments Read More →
FFRF and FFRFMCC Kick Off New Year With Science-Themed Billboard in Chicago

FFRF and FFRFMCC Kick Off New Year With Science-Themed Billboard in Chicago

Through tremendous help from the national Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Metropolitan Chicago Chapter is proud to bring a secular advertising campaign back to Chicago.  FRFMCC Executive Director Tom Cara worked closely with national FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor to begin 2021 with its third billboard campaign since the chapter’s founding in 2012. The artwork, […]

By February 1, 2021 0 Comments Read More →
FFRFMCC Creates Petition Asking Joe Biden to Take a Secular Oath of Office

FFRFMCC Creates Petition Asking Joe Biden to Take a Secular Oath of Office

The Freedom From Religion Foundation Metropolitan Chicago Chapter is asking President-Elect Joe Biden to drop religion in his presidential oath of office at his inauguration. President-Elect Joe Biden emphasized during his campaign a promise to heal the divisions within our nation, and to be a president for all the people and not just those who […]

By January 6, 2021 0 Comments Read More →
Our Natural Universe Will Provide Us With Some Astronomical Gifts This Winter Solstice!

Our Natural Universe Will Provide Us With Some Astronomical Gifts This Winter Solstice!

Submitted by: Ray Stefanski, Physicist, FFRF and FFRFMCC Life Member As we enjoy the festive season during the annual celebration of the Winter Solstice, this will be a special year when two astronomical events are due by the end of this final month of 2020. A total solar eclipse will occur on December 14th, visible […]

By December 9, 2020 0 Comments Read More →
The FFRFMCC Once Again Proudly Displays Rationalism This Holiday Season

The FFRFMCC Once Again Proudly Displays Rationalism This Holiday Season

Though our annual presence in challenging religious imagery on government property is somewhat less than in the past during this very strange year we have had, we now have two secular holiday displays up for viewing this season. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Bill of Rights Nativity” was erected at North School Park in Arlington […]

By December 8, 2020 0 Comments Read More →
How Far Will The U.S. Supreme Court Expand Religious Entitlement?

How Far Will The U.S. Supreme Court Expand Religious Entitlement?

Once in a while we come across a film, TV show or documentary that just so happens to delve into a timely topic and captures our interest. This happened to me recently while watching a college football game one Saturday night, a matchup I’d been looking forward to all day.  To my disappointment, what I […]

By December 8, 2020 0 Comments Read More →